Reopening Smokies would cost state $60,000 a day

4:13 PM,
Oct. 14, 2013

Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg.

Written by

Erik Schelzig
AP

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Bill Haslam says a deal to open the Great Smoky Mountains National Park parks in Tennessee for the weekend came too late for the state to send money to the federal government.

The price tag? $60,000 per day.

Haslam told reporters in Clarksville on Monday that banks were already closed by the time the state was informed about how much money to wire to the ...